The Opera Innovators Series engages some of the most innovative and sought-after figures in the opera world in a new educational and artist development partnership between Boston Lyric Opera and Boston Conservatory at Berklee (BCB) to provide opportunities for Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artists and BCB voice students.
BLO and Boston Conservatory are committed to preserving the integrity of opera as an art form while finding new ways to advance the genre and connect it to contemporary communities. Guest artists include artistic staff and performers with BLO, such as Artistic Associate Anne Bogart and Rodell Rosel, who sang the role of Goro in BLO’s 2023 production of Madama Butterfly.
Boston Lyric Opera gratefully acknowledges David & Janet McCue for their generous support of Boston Lyric Opera in presenting the 2024/25 Opera Innovators Series.
2024/25 Opera Innovators Series
Lawrence Brownlee
September 8, 2024 | 3:00PM
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Seully Hall (8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston MA 02215)
Morris Robinson
November 12, 2024 | 7:00PM
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Seully Hall (8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston MA 02215)
Wendy Bryn Harmer
December 6, 2024 | 3:00PM
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Seully Hall (8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston MA 02215)
Anthony Roth Costanzo
March 9, 2025 | 3:00PM
Boston Lyric Opera | Opera + Community Studios
(Midway Artist Studios, 15 Channel Center Street Boston MA 02210)
Jamie Barton
April 8, 2025 | 7:00PM
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Seully Hall (8 Fenway, Floor 4, Boston MA 02215)
Some of the programs will take place at Boston Lyric Opera’s expanded Opera & Community Studios in Fort Point, and some of the programs will be at Boston Conservatory.
Previous Seasons:
2023/24 Opera Innovators Series
David Angus | September 15, 2023
Rodell Rosel | September 20, 2023
W. Stephen Smith | October 20, 2023
Cecelia Hall | October 27, 2023
Sandra Piques Eddy | Dec 8, 2023
Sasha Cooke | January 25, 2024
Shawn Jeffrey | February 27, 2024
Matthew Aucoin | March 5, 2024
2022/23 Opera Innovators Series
Yuval Sharon | September 23, 2022
Karen Slack | December 9, 2022
Nina Yoshida Nelsen | January 27, 2023
Anne Bogart | March 2023
Lauren Michelle | April 2023
About Opera Innovators
“In a rapidly changing industry, the opportunity for emerging professional singers to hear and engage with significant waymakers and innovators in the field is of crucial importance,”
Isaí Jess Muñoz, Chair of Voice, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
“The partnership, which we expect will continue to deepen, supports not only the students at the prestigious Boston Conservatory but also the rising young professional artists at BLO who represent the future of our industry.”
Bradley Vernatter, General Director & CEO, Boston Lyric Opera
“… These are two institutions paving the way in the operatic world as radical innovators and changemakers, bringing new perspectives to the artform while intentionally connecting with wider audiences.”
Michael Shinn, Dean of Music, Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Images:
- Svens Skriveris, Boston Conservatory at Berklee_022: Karen Slack, Julia Janowski, Mezzo-Soprano (MM Opera ‘24)
- M 2022-12-09 Karen Slack MC – Photo by Svens Skriveris 0501: Fred C. VanNess, Tenor (BLO Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist)
- Svens Skriveris, Boston Conservatory at Berklee_04: Karen Slack and Jamila Drecker-Waxman, Soprano (BCB PSC ‘23)